EP3080144A1 - Stabilisation de la glutamate déshydrogénase en solution aqueuse - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of in vitro detection of bacterial proteins in biological samples that may contain these proteins.
- the invention relates to the stabilization of the glutamate dehydrogenase of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium so that this protein retains its antigenic properties when in aqueous solution.
- Clostridium bacteria are anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacteria that are unable to reduce sulphates to sulphites. Some species are highly pathogenic, such as Clostridium difficile, Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens for the most well known.
- Clostridium difficile is the main agent responsible for diarrhea following the administration of antibiotics. It is daunting because of its very high contagion potential. Although about 5% of the population are asymptomatic carriers of the bacterium, its pathological manifestations are closely related to a hospital stay. This bacterium grows in an intestinal flora weakened by antibiotic therapy and can secrete two toxins, A and B. Only strains producing toxins are pathogenic. Toxin A, an enterotoxin, causes the alteration of the permeability of the intestinal epithelium; toxin B, a cytotoxin, directly attacks epithelial cells. The combined effect of both toxins is decreased intestinal transit time and intestinal absorption, which results in diarrhea. More rarely, Clostridium difficile bacteria can cause severe inflammation of the colon (pseudomembranous colitis).
- Clostridium botulinum is responsible for botulism. It produces spores that represent the form of resistance of the bacteria. These spores can withstand low heat treatments, such as pasteurization, which can cause food safety problems, and then give a metabolically active bacterial cell, able to multiply.
- This bacterium secretes one of the most potent toxins in the living world, botulinum toxin. Active by ingestion, this toxin then diffuses in the body and acts by blocking the neuromuscular transmission: it inhibits the motor neurons of the muscular contraction. This Infection can lead to paralysis death of the respiratory muscles if no treatment is put in place.
- Clostridium perfringens is a bacterium that develops in wounds, sometimes very deep. This bacterium will produce necrotoxins causing necrotizing enteritis.
- the most common major toxin is alpha toxin, mainly produced by Clostridium perfringens type A. This toxin is implicated in many cases of gangrene in humans and animals. Alone or in combination with other toxins, it also causes sudden mortalities in pigs and ruminants.
- the detection of the presence of bacteria in samples can be implemented by various techniques such as the use of culture media or the technique of immunoassays, which are widely known to those skilled in the art.
- the technique of immunoassays is a technique consisting largely of detecting the presence of proteins using binding partners of these proteins.
- one of the detectable proteins, representative of the presence of this bacterium is glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH).
- GDH glutamate dehydrogenase
- Other detectable proteins are toxins secreted when bacteria are toxigenic.
- the detection or quantification by immunoassay of GDH is a technique which makes it possible to have a diagnostic sensitivity greater than the detection or quantification by immunoassay of the toxins.
- the immunoassay technique also requires the use of reagents for calibration and / or test control.
- reagents include GDH as such, which must retain its antigenic properties as long as necessary in view of the lifetime of the diagnostic kit in which it is contained.
- the properties of a protein can be disturbed by any structural change, both from a chemical and a physical point of view.
- the chemical modifications of a protein are based on changes in covalent bonds, eg due to oxidation, hydrolysis, etc., while physical changes, also called denaturation, cause disruption of the tertiary structure. or three-dimensional conformation of the protein, without breaking covalent bonds.
- the denaturation of proteins can be induced by many factors, chemical or physical, such as, among others, temperature, pH change or a chemical agent. Such modifications result in a disruption of the proper activity of the protein.
- an enzyme such as GDH, such modifications may alter its enzymatic activity, which the various authors have tried to overcome.
- Ionizable groups include first groups that are positively charged when they are protonated and uncharged when they are deprotonated, and second groups that are uncharged when protonated and negatively charged when they are deprotonated, and
- the H of the composition is maintained in a range of +/- 0.5 pH units to which the composition has its maximum stability with respect to pH.
- GDH is usually preserved in freeze-dried form because it is known that it does not retain its antigenic properties when it is placed in aqueous solution.
- the laboratory worker takes the freeze-dried GDH in an aqueous solvent, prepares aliquots and then must freeze at -20 ° C. .
- the shelf life of the aqueous solution is then quite short, on average 2 months stored between 2 and 8 ° C.
- the fact of resuming the GDH in an aqueous buffer has the drawbacks of not only entailing additional manipulations, but also additional risks of error recovery. Finally, it also requires the presence of a freezer.
- the Applicant has unexpectedly found that it is possible to stabilize the GDH in aqueous solution so that its three-dimensional structure is preserved at least in part so that it retains its antigenic properties.
- Such stabilization is carried out by adding, as a stabilizing compound, a carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and comprising at least 2 -COOH groups or a salt thereof.
- a stabilizing compound a carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and comprising at least 2 -COOH groups or a salt thereof.
- the An aqueous solution comprising GDH can be stored at 2-8 ° C for many months.
- a first subject of the invention relates to a method for stabilizing the glutamate dehydrogenase of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium in order to maintain its antigenic activity, comprising the step of mixing, with said glutamate dehydrogenase in aqueous solution, a stabilizing compound which is a carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and at least 2 -COOH groups or a salt thereof.
- Another subject of the invention concerns the stabilized aqueous compositions thus obtained, as well as the diagnostic kits comprising these compositions.
- compositions for the establishment of standard ranges in the context of an immunoassay of GDH.
- compositions as a calibrator and / or control in the context of an immunoassay of GDH.
- a final subject of the invention relates to methods for detecting the presence of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium implementing a composition of the invention, the bacterium being optionally toxinogenic.
- the Applicant has therefore unexpectedly shown that the use of particular compounds makes it possible to stabilize the GDH of bacteria of the genus Clostridium to maintain its antigenic properties when the GDH is in aqueous solution, especially in concentrations of the order of a few ng. / mL, for example from 0.75 to 10 ng / mL, from 2 to 10 ng / mL or from 3 to 6 ng / mL, which is particularly important in the context of tests for the detection of these bacteria by immunoassay .
- GDH retains its binding property to the binding partners used in the context of the immunoassay because its structure is preserved, at least at the level of the antigenic determinant involved in the fixation. the link partner.
- the prefix "immuno" in the term “immunoassay”, for example, is not to be considered in the present application as strictly indicating that the binding partner is necessarily a partner of immunological origin, such as an antibody or an antibody fragment.
- this term is more widely used to designate tests and processes in which the binding partner is not a partner of origin / immunological nature but consists, by for example, an analyte receptor that one wishes to detect and / or quantify.
- the condition being that the binding partner concerned is able to bind to the desired analyte, preferably in a specific manner.
- ligand binding assay which could be translated into French by "dosage using ligand binding ", while the term” immuno "is included in the verbatim title corresponding to the acronym ELISA.
- immuno is used in this application to refer to any biological assay using at least one binding partner adapted to bind to the analyte of interest and detect and / or quantify the latter. preferably, specifically, even when said binding partner is not of a strictly immunological nature or origin.
- GDH binding partner any molecule capable of binding to GDH.
- GDH binding partner mention may be made of antibodies, antibody fragments, nanofitins, GDH receptors, aptamers, DARPins or any other molecule which is known to interact with one another. with the GDH.
- the binding partner antibodies are, for example, either polyclonal antibodies or monoclonal antibodies.
- the polyclonal antibodies can be obtained by immunizing an animal with the targeted GDH as immunogen, followed by the recovery of the desired antibodies in purified form, by taking the serum of said animal, and separating said antibodies from the other constituents of the serum, by example by chromatography affinity on a column on which is fixed an antigen specifically recognized by the antibodies, in particular the immunogen, or with the aid of a protein A or G.
- the monoclonal antibodies can be obtained by the hybridoma technique widely known to those skilled in the art.
- the monoclonal antibodies can also be recombinant antibodies obtained by genetic engineering, by techniques well known to those skilled in the art.
- antibody fragments By way of example of antibody fragments, mention may be made of the Fab, Fab ', F (ab') 2 fragments as well as the scFvs (single chain variable fragment) and dsFv (double-stranded variable fragment). These functional fragments can in particular be obtained by genetic engineering.
- Nanofitins are small proteins that, like antibodies, are able to bind to a biological target that can detect, capture or simply target within an organism.
- RNA or DNA oligonucleotides
- SELEX Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment
- Most aptamers are composed of RNA, because of the ability of RNA to adopt varied and complex structures, which allows to create on its surface cavities of various geometries, to fix various ligands.
- biotechnological, diagnostic or therapeutic applications Their selectivity and ligand binding properties are comparable to that of antibodies.
- DARPins for Designed Ankyrin Repeat ProteINS (Boersma YL and Plutckthun A, 2011) are another class of proteins that mimic antibodies and can bind with high affinity and selectivity to target proteins. They derive from the family of ankyrin proteins that are adapter proteins that make it possible to bind integral membrane proteins to the spectrin / actin network that constitutes the "spine" of the cellular plasma membrane. The structure of ankyrins is based on the repetition of a pattern of about 33 amino acids and so are the DARPins. Each pattern has a secondary structure of helix-turn-helix type. DARPins contain at least three, preferably four to five repeating units and are obtained by screening combinatorial libraries.
- the liaison partners used may or may not be specific to the GDH. They are said to be specific when they are able to bind exclusively or almost exclusively to the GDH. They are said to be nonspecific when the GDH binding selectivity is lower and they are then able to bind to other ligands, such as other proteins or antibodies. According to a preferred embodiment, the specific binding partners are preferred.
- the glutamate dehydrogenase that must be stabilized is any Clostridium glutamate dehydrogenase whose presence is to be detected, for example that of Clostridium difficile, Clostridium botulinum or Clostridium perfringens. It includes all possible variants. Such proteins are known and their sequences are described for example in the Uniprot database (www.uniprot.org).
- Clostridium difficile GDH (accession No. Uniprot P27346) is a protein of 421 amino acids whose amino acid reference sequence is the
- Clostridium perfringens GDH is a protein that does not yet have a reference sequence in the Uniprot base.
- the first protein given in the Uniprot base (accession No. Uniprot Q8XK85) is the protein of strain 13 of type A,
- Clostridium botulinum GDH is a protein that does not yet have a reference sequence in the Uniprot base.
- the first protein given in the Uniprot base (accession No. Uniprot A5I2T3) is the protein of the Hall strain type A (ATCC 3502, NCTC 13319), of 421 amino acids, the amino acid sequence of which is SEQ ID NO. 3 next: 10 20 30 40 50 60
- glutamate dehydrogenase is an enzyme of the bacterium Clostridium difficile.
- the aqueous solution glutamate dehydrogenase is either of natural origin or of recombinant origin.
- the natural glutamate dehydrogenase or called native can be obtained after cultivation of the bacterium Clostridium and purification of the protein from the bacterial lysate.
- Recombinant glutamate dehydrogenase can be obtained by genetic engineering, by techniques well known to those skilled in the art. Such an assay is described, for example, by Anderson BM et al., 1993.
- Recombinant glutamate dehydrogenase can be obtained from companies such as Holzel Diagnostika GmbH (Germany).
- composition or aqueous solution is meant a liquid and clear solution obtained by completely dissolving one or more compounds and whose majority solvent is water, representing at least 50% by volume, generally at least 60%, 70% ), 80% o, 90% o, relative to the total volume of the solution.
- the aqueous composition or solution is obtained by diluting the GDH in a solvent comprising predominantly water and a stabilizing compound as defined below.
- the stabilizing compound to be added in the aqueous solution containing the GDH to be stabilized is a carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and comprising at least 2 -COOH groups, or a salt thereof.
- carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and comprising at least 2 -COOH groups is meant a molecule consisting of:
- a carbon chain linear or branched, contiguous (that is to say without interruption in the carbon chain) or interrupted by at least one other atom different from the carbon atom, for example a nitrogen atom or a 'oxygen,
- CX at least one "CX" group, either at the end of the chain (it is then written -CX), or in the middle of the chain (it is then written -CX-), X being different from C.
- the -CX groups are themselves independently selected from -CH 3 , -COOH (if there is more than 2 -COOH groups in the molecule) and -C (O) NH 2 .
- the stabilizing compound may be succinic acid, of formula OH (O) C- (CH 2 ) 2 -C (O) OH, which is a molecule having a contiguous linear carbon chain of 4 carbon atoms. carbon, 2 -COOH groups at the end of the chain and 2 -CH 2 - groups.
- N- (2-acetamido) iminodiacetic acid of formula H 2 NC (O) -CH 2 -N (CH 2 -COOH) 2 , which is a molecule having a branched carbon chain of 6 carbon atoms, interrupted by a nitrogen atom, consisting of 2 -COOH groups at the end of the chain, 3 -CH 2 - groups and 1 -C (O) NH 2 group .
- the stabilizing compound is chosen from: fumaric acid, succinic acid, malic acid, glutaric acid, acid citric acid, tartaric acid, N- (2-acetamido) iminodiacetic acid, glutamic acid, adipic acid, aspartic acid, pimelic acid, malonic acid and their salts, the formulas are given in Figure 1.
- carboxylic acid salt is meant a salt of a monovalent cation.
- a monovalent cation mention may be made of ammonium (NH 4 + ), silver (Ag + ), diaminoargent (Ag (NH 3 ) 2 + ), cesium (Cs + ), copper (I) (Cu + ), mercury (Hg + ), methanium (CH 5 + ), methylium (CH 3 + ), nitrosium (N0 2 ) and alkali metal ions sodium (Na + ), potassium (K + ) and lithium (Li + ) .
- the stabilizing compound is in the salt form, at least one H + proton of the -COOH groups is replaced by a monovalent cation described above.
- the stabilizing compound is chosen from succinic acid, fumaric acid and their salts, in particular of alkali metals, as defined above.
- it may comprise at least 3 carbon atoms at most 10 atoms, preferably at most 8, preferably at most 7, preferably at most 6 atoms,
- the carboxylic acid may have one or more of the following characteristics:
- a carbon chain of 4 carbon atoms having at least 2 -COOH groups and -CX- groups independently selected from CH-, -CH 2 - and -C (H) OH-, a carbon chain of 5 carbon atoms having at least 2 -COOH groups and -CX- groups selected from -CH 2 - and -C (H) NH 2 , a carbon chain of 6 carbon atoms having at least 2 groups - COOH and "-CX-" groups selected from -CH 2 -, -C (H) OH- (-CX-) and -C (O) NH 2 (-CX),
- the amount of GDH present in the aqueous solution depends on the end use of the aqueous composition containing it.
- GDH may be present in an amount of 0.75 to 10 ng / mL, or 2 to 10 ng / mL, preferably 3 to 6 ng / mL.
- GDH will be present in a much lower quantity, for example less than 1 ⁇ g / ml, or even of the order of fg / ml.
- the amount of stabilizing compound to be added in the aqueous solution containing GDH is in large excess relative to the amount of GDH. It depends on whether the stabilizing compound is used only as a stabilizing compound, another molecule then being added as a buffer, or if it is used both as a stabilizing compound and as a buffer. Thus, for example, when the stabilizing compound is used solely as a stabilizing compound, 20 to 100 molecules of stabilizing compound per GDH monomer, preferably 30 to 80 molecules of stabilizing compound per monomer of GDH, are added. GDH, more preferably from 40 to 60 GDH monomer stabilizing compound molecules.
- the compound added as a buffer is any compound known to those skilled in the art having a pH of between 4.5 and 7, preferably between 5.5 and 6.5, a pH of 5.8 being preferred.
- a compound added as a buffer mention may be made of phosphate and acetate.
- 10 8 to 10 molecules of stabilizing compound per GDH monomer are added, preferably 1 ⁇ 10 9 to 5 ⁇ 10 9 monomer stabilizing compound of GDH, more preferably 1 ⁇ 10 9 to 2 ⁇ 10 9 molecules of monomer stabilizing compound of GDH.
- Other compounds may also be added to the aqueous composition in the process of the invention.
- a polyol may be added.
- the addition of polyol makes it possible to promote the thermal stability of the proteins (resistance to thermal denaturation) and also to prevent aggregation.
- the polyols have a co-solvent effect and contribute to maintaining the native conformation of the proteins in aqueous solution.
- polyol there may be mentioned monosaccharide polyols such as triols, for example glycerol, tetraols, for example erythritol, pentols, for example xylitol, arabitol and ribitol, hexols. for example, sorbitol, dulcitol and mannitol, heptols, for example volemitol, as well as disaccharide polyols such as maltitol, isomaltitol and lactitol.
- triols for example glycerol
- tetraols for example erythritol
- pentols for example xylitol
- arabitol and ribitol arabitol and ribitol
- hexols for example, sorbitol, dulcitol and mannitol, heptols, for example volemit
- the polyol added to the aqueous composition of the process of the invention is sorbitol.
- the polyol in the aqueous composition is added in an amount of at least 1%, preferably at least 5%, and more preferably at least 10%, with at most 50%.
- the composition may also comprise another macromolecule, generically referred to as a "charge protein” even though macromolecules other than proteins are appropriate, which has nothing to do with GDH but is present in a large excess over GDH , further improving the stabilization of GDH.
- This "charge protein” has a shielding effect in that it will partially undergo physico-chemical changes in the aqueous solution, thereby protecting the molecule of interest, here the GDH.
- This added macromolecule may for example be a protein such as BSA (Bovine Serum Albumin), or else synthetic polymers such as dextran or polyethylene glycol. BSA, for example, is added at 50 g / L vs. 3 mg / L GDH.
- the aqueous composition is buffered to have a pH of between 4.5 and 7, preferably between 5.5 and 6.5, a pH of 5.8 being preferred.
- the stabilizing compound of the invention may also be used as a buffer, or another buffer compound may be added.
- aqueous compositions comprising glutamate dehydrogenase of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium and a stabilizing compound which is a carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and having at least 2 -COOH groups or a salt thereof, it being understood that the stabilizing compound is neither glutamate nor alpha-ketoglutarate, a product of hydrolysis of glutamate by the enzyme GDH and coenzyme NAD +, nor citrate, nor succinate, nor glutarate, are new and constitute another subject of the invention .
- the aqueous compositions of the invention also exclude glutamic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid, glutaric acid, succinic acid and / or citric acid.
- Clostridium When the bacterium Clostridium is selected from the species of
- compositions comprising glutamate dehydrogenase of one of these bacteria and a stabilizing compound which is a carboxylic acid having a carbon chain of at least 3 carbon atoms and having at least 2 -COOH groups or a salt thereof, it being understood that the stabilizing compound is neither glutamate, nor alpha-ketoglutarate, nor citrate, are new and constitute another subject of the invention.
- the aqueous compositions of the invention also exclude glutamic acid, alpha-ketoglutaric acid and / or citric acid.
- aqueous compositions of the invention are particularly useful for detecting the presence of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium in a biological sample that may contain such a bacterium.
- the kits containing such compositions constitute another object of the invention.
- the biological samples likely to contain a bacterium of the genus Clostridium can be samples coming from the clinical field or the field of the safety and even sterility control of industrial products.
- the sample is an animal biological sample, preferably human, such as stool or derivatives, for example fecal protein extract, urine, blood or derivatives, for example serum or plasma, pus, etc.
- the sample comes from a food or cosmetic product.
- kits according to the invention may also contain the compounds necessary for carrying out a method for the detection, for example by immunoassay, of the presence of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium, and in particular Clostridium difficile.
- the kits may contain one or more GDH binding partners as described above, and all the compounds necessary for the demonstration of the reaction between the binding partner (s) and the GDH.
- the qualitative or quantitative immunoassay of GDH will preferably be a sandwich assay which is a widely known assay of the skilled person implementing two GDH binding partners.
- One of the two partners may be coupled to a label to form a conjugate or a tracer.
- the other link partner can be captured on a solid support. This is called capture partner for the latter and detection partner for the first.
- the measured signal emitted by the conjugate is then proportional to the amount of GDH of the biological sample.
- Marker means, in particular, any molecule containing a group reactive with a group of the binding partner, directly without chemical modification, or after chemical modification to include such a group, which molecule is capable of directly or indirectly generating a detectable signal.
- a non-limiting list of these direct detection markers consists of:
- Enzymes that produce a detectable signal for example by colorimetry, fluorescence, luminescence, such as horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, ⁇ -galactosidase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase,
- chromophores such as fluorescent compounds, luminescent compounds, dyes,
- Radioactive molecules such as P, S or I, Fluorescent molecules such as Alexa or phycocyanins, and
- Electrochemiluminescent salts such as organometallic derivatives based on acridinium or ruthenium.
- Indirect detection systems can also be used, such as, for example, ligands capable of reacting with an anti-ligand.
- the ligand then corresponds to the marker to form, with the binding partner, the conjugate.
- ligand / anti-ligand pairs are well known to those skilled in the art, which is the case, for example, of the following pairs: biotin / streptavidin, hapten / antibody, antigen / antibody, peptide / antibody, sugar / lectin, polynucleotide / complementary polynucleotide.
- the anti-ligand can then be detectable directly by the direct detection markers described above or be itself detectable by another ligand / anti-ligand pair, and so on.
- reagents allowing the visualization of the marking or the emission of a detectable signal by any type of suitable measuring device, such as for example a spectrophotometer, a spectrofluorometer, a densitometer or a high definition camera.
- the aqueous compositions of the invention are particularly useful for the establishment of a standard range, which constitutes another object of the invention. 'invention.
- the establishment of the standard range, necessary step to perform a quantification of GDH is a step widely known to those skilled in the art.
- a nutshell it consists in measuring the signal generated by increasing quantities and known concentrations of the GDH analyte, in plotting the curve giving the signal as a function of the quantity or the concentration and in finding a mathematical model which represents the most faithful way possible this relationship.
- several aqueous compositions of the invention are used, each containing a different concentration of GDH.
- the mathematical model will be used to extrapolate the unknown quantities or concentrations of GDH contained in the biological sample to be tested.
- aqueous compositions of the invention where appropriate obtained according to the process of the invention, are also particularly useful as a calibrator, which constitutes another subject of the invention.
- the GDH concentration of the composition is fixed and known.
- the signal generated during the use of the immunoassay kit by the calibrator is also known.
- the calibrator is used to verify that the measurement (signal) produced during the implementation of the immunoassay kit corresponds to the expected value. If this is not the case, the calibrator is used to measure the drift that may be corrected mathematically or by physical intervention on the measuring instrument (adjustment).
- aqueous compositions of the invention where appropriate obtained according to the process of the invention, are also particularly useful as a control, which constitutes another subject of the invention. As such, they are used, for example, to verify that the immunoassay kit is functioning according to expectations (also called a control or positive control) and that the detection of GDH in the biological sample is not falsely negative in the measurement where the detection method worked well with the aqueous composition of the invention.
- another subject of the invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium in a biological sample that may contain such a bacterium, characterized in that it comprises the steps of (i) putting a implementing a method for detecting the presence of a bacterium of the genus Clostridium by detection or quantification of glutamate dehydrogenase in said sample by using an aqueous composition of the invention, if appropriate as obtained according to the method of the invention, or a kit as defined above, and
- step (ii) if the process of step (i) is positive, conclude that the bacterium is present. In other words, for step (ii) a positive result in step (i) makes it possible to conclude that the bacterium is present.
- this bacterium does or does not produce at least one toxin, which is particularly important as a diagnostic aid when a patient presents with symptoms that may be caused by the presence of a toxigenic bacterium that expresses at least one toxin.
- another subject of the invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of a toxinogenic bacterium of the Clostridium genus producing at least one toxin, in a biological sample that may contain such a bacterium and such at least one toxin, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
- step (ii ') if the process of step (i) is positive, implementing a method for detecting or quantifying at least one toxin capable of being released by said bacterium of the genus Clostridium, in the same biological sample, or in a new biological sample from the same individual, and conclude that the bacterium is toxigenic and produces said at least one toxin if said at least one toxin is present.
- step (ii) a negative result in step (i) makes it possible to conclude that the bacterium is absent and a positive result in step (i) makes it possible to conclude that there is of the bacteria.
- Step (i) above consisting in detecting the presence of a bacterium of the genus
- Clostridium by detection or quantification of glutamate dehydrogenase in the biological sample has been previously described.
- the aqueous composition of the invention where appropriate obtained by the process of the invention, can then be used for the establishment of the standard range and / or as a calibrator and / or as a positive control.
- the step ( ⁇ ') above of detecting or quantifying at least one toxin capable of being released by said bacterium Clostridium genus is a step widely known to those skilled in the art. Such detection or quantification can be carried out for example by immunoassay using desired toxin binding partners.
- the immunoassay of the toxins is implemented in a manner similar to the immunoassay for GDH as described above.
- Toxin immunoassay kits of Clostridium bacteria are available on the market, such as the VIDAS® Clostridium difficile A & B kit which can detect Clostridium difficile toxins A and B.
- Mass spectrometry may also be used to carry out the toxin detection / quantification step.
- This technique is an analytical technique that allows the determination of the molar mass of the compounds analyzed, as well as the identification of their molecular structure, or even their quantification. Applied to a complex mixture such as a biological fluid or stool, it needs to be coupled with a separation technique that reduces the complexity. This is most often the case of gas chromatography (GC) or liquid chromatography (LC). Tandem mass spectrometry (MS / MS) combines 2 analyzers and can be used for detection / quantification purposes. The ionic compounds selected in the first analyzer and then fragmented are analyzed more finely in the second. This double analysis makes it possible to significantly increase the specificity of the method. For this technology, we can refer in particular to Van den Broek et al., 2013.
- the detection and / or quantification of toxins can also be carried out by a stool immunotoxicity test (CTA) which makes it possible to demonstrate the biological effects of toxins in the stool (Eckert C. et al., 2011). .
- CTA stool immunotoxicity test
- the detection or quantification of the toxin is carried out in the same biological sample as that used for the detection or quantification of GDH, a part of which has been kept in this respect, or in a new biological sample coming from the same source, c that is, the individual from which the first tested biological sample is derived from the presence of GDH if the biological sample is a clinical specimen or from the same source if the biological sample is an industrial sample.
- the second biological sample is either of the same nature or of a different nature, the first case being preferred.
- the toxigenic bacterium whose presence is to be detected is Clostridium difficile and said at least one toxin comprises toxin A, toxin B or both.
- FIG. 1 gives examples of stabilization compounds used in the aqueous compositions according to the invention, as well as their chemical formula, and
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the evolution of the fluorescent signal obtained during an immunoassay with the VIDAS® GDH kit (bioMérieux) emitted by aqueous compositions according to the invention or comparative compositions, as a function of time, when these compositions are maintained at 37 ° C.
- the gluD gene encoding Clostridium difficile GDH (Genbank Accession No. M65250) supplemented with a sequence encoding an HIS tag is cloned into the pMR78 vector (bioMérieux, France).
- the thus constructed expression plasmid is introduced into E. coli BL21 and derived bacteria (Stratagene, Agilent Technologies).
- the cultures are carried out in 2x YT medium (Difco), in the presence of ampicillin, at 37 ° C. with stirring.
- the induction of the expression of the protein is done by adding 1 mM IPTG (isopropyl beta-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside).
- IPTG isopropyl beta-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside
- the bacterial pellets are taken up in 2 ⁇ PBS buffer (phosphate buffered saline) and lysed.
- the lysates are centrifuged at 3000 g for 30 min at 4 ° C.
- the supernatant contains the soluble proteins including the recombinant GDH to be purified. Purification of the protein is by one-step chelate metal affinity chromatography.
- the supernatant obtained after centrifugation is loaded onto a NITTA-Agarose resin (Qiagen). After a wash cycle, the protein is eluted in the presence of an imidazole gradient.
- the protein is dialyzed in 20 mM phosphate buffer.
- the recombinant GDH, prepared in Example 1, is diluted to 3 ng / ml in the following formulations, according to the indications relating to the calibrator and control (SI / Cl) given in the VIDAS® GDH reagent leaflet (Ref 30125, bioMérieux, France) :
- Comparative composition 100mM phosphate + 50g / L BSA, pH 5.8 (formulation of the Vidas® kit calibration solution, GDH in freeze-dried form, taken up in demineralized water),
- composition according to the invention 1 N- (2-acetamido) iminodiacetic acid (ADA) 1 OOmM + B S A 5 Og / L pH 5.8 (ADA composition)
- composition according to the invention 2 succinic acid lOOmM + BSA 50g / L pH 5.8 (succinate composition)
- composition according to the invention 3 disodium fumarate 100mM + BSA 50g / L pH 5.8 (fumarate composition).
- each composition was prepared beforehand as follows: each stabilization compound (1.18 g of succinic acid - Merck, 1.6 g of dibasic sodium fumarate - Sigma, 1.90 g ADA-Sigma or 0.78 g phosphate NaH 2 PO 4 .2H 2 O + 1.79 g Na 2 HPO 4 ⁇ 12H 2 O) was mixed with deionized water to obtain 50 mL. Then 10M N NaOH was added to adjust the pH to 5.8. Five grams of BSA (Millipore) were added. Finally, demineralized water was added to obtain a 100 mL solution.
- each stabilization compound (1.18 g of succinic acid - Merck, 1.6 g of dibasic sodium fumarate - Sigma, 1.90 g ADA-Sigma or 0.78 g phosphate NaH 2 PO 4 .2H 2 O + 1.79 g Na 2 HPO 4 ⁇ 12H 2 O) was mixed with deionized water to obtain 50 mL. Then 10M
- compositions containing the GDH are then aliquoted into 1 mL fractions and then stored at 37 +/- 1 ° C.
- the impact of the formulation on the stability of the antigenic properties of the recombinant GDH protein is evaluated by performing several GDH assays over a period of 91 days with the VIDAS® GDH kit. (Ref 30125) and the VIDAS® instrument according to the manufacturer's instructions (bioMérieux, France).
- VIDAS GDH test complies with the protocol of the kit marketed:
- VIDAS instrument measures a fluorescence signal and the results are expressed in "relative fluorescence value" or RFV.
- Example 2 The procedure of Example 2 was repeated, except that citric acid (100 mM) was used as the stabilizing compound and the aqueous solutions were stored for a longer period of time at 2- 8 ° C and 37 ° C.
- Example 2 The procedure of Example 2 was repeated, except that 10% sorbitol was added in a succinate composition and the aqueous solutions were stored over a longer period of 2-8 °. C and 37 ° C.
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